Jackson County District Judge R. Darryl Mazur found there was probable cause to believe Redman committed involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse and sent her case to circuit court, where it will be handled by Circuit Judge John McBain.

Mazur dismissed a second count of second-degree child abuse, which addressed an allegation Redman did not feed Amillia or change the baby’s diaper for hours before her death.

Pacris testified there was no indication Amillia was dehydrated. He said the baby seemed properly fed.

Blackman-Leoni Township public safety Detective Joseph Merritt testified Redman admitted to falling asleep or passing out on the sofa with the infant after splitting a fifth of brandy with a friend the night of April 1.

She told the detective they were in Adrian visiting a man, who is one of at least two people who might be Amillia’s father. Redman told the detective she did not know the man’s last name.

She returned home about 1:15 a.m. April 2, Merritt testified, answering questions posed by Assistant Prosecutor Kati Rezmierski.

At first Redman said she accidentally fell asleep while feeding the baby, but Merritt said he was not able to locate a bottle to show this was the case.

Merritt said Redman conceded this must not have been the case and described her positioning with Amillia. She said the girl was in her left arm and Redman was on her left side. She told the detective the baby was sandwiched between her mother and the back of the couch.

Merritt said he interviewed Redman three times, first at her home and then at Allegiance Health and the public safety department detective bureau.

He asked her about alcohol because he could smell intoxicants, he said. Redman at first denied drinking, but eventually made the admission and agreed at about 10:25 a.m. to take a breath test. This showed her blood alcohol level was 0.016.

She told the detective she drank more of the fifth than her friend, and later, she went with the man in Adrian to get more alcohol, leaving Amillia with her friend and another man whose last name she also did not know.

Merritt said Redman admitted to knowing better than to sleep with her baby.

She “wholeheartedly” agreed she had been sufficiently trained in safe sleeping protocols, he said.

Police found a “safe sleep instructions” pamphlet that had been given to Redman, Merritt testified.

Merritt was the second officer to arrive at Redman’s home. As he described what he found, Redman was crying. Her sobs could be heard throughout the courtroom and she wiped her nose with tissue.

Merritt said Amillia was a bluish gray color. She was not moving and did not have a pulse. She had what appeared to be fluid in her mouth, he said, and some blood coming from her nasal passages and her mouth.

Redman’s lawyer, Sean Carroll, questioned Pacris about the fluids. “There is no such thing as asphyxia due to regurgitated fluids,” Pacris told Carroll.